China says headed off Olympic protest permits

Thu, 09/18/2008 - 02:55 - Reuters: International News

BEIJING (Reuters) - The main reason why no protests were held during the Beijing Olympics in specially designated demonstration zones was because all the issues were resolved ahead of time, state media said on Thursday. The city was widely ridiculed by human rights groups for not allowing a single legal protest in the three demonstration zones it had set up to counter criticism Beijing was crushing dissent to prevent disruptions to last month's meticulously planned Games. But for most the cases,

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